Freight and logistics of the 15 differences

?Logistics means the planning, implementation and management of raw materials, semi-finished products, finished products or related information from the origin of the goods to the consumption of goods in order to meet the needs of the customers at the lowest cost through transportation, storage and distribution process.

Freight forwarders refer to the general terms of providing various transportation services in the circulation area for cargo transportation needs and capacity suppliers.
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The concept of logistics
?Logistics is a general term for the physical flow of material entities and their related activities, which includes not only the handling and transportation of goods, but also the packaging, handling, storage, distribution and distribution processes associated with this.

2, logistics activities, but not limited to: for customer service, demand forecast, sales intelligence, inventory control, material handling, ordering sales, spare parts supply, factory and warehouse location, material procurement, packaging, return, waste utilization And disposal, transportation and warehousing.

3, logistics is "packaging, transportation, transportation, storage, loading and unloading work, mainly tangible materials as the center, so called the material flow in the process of circulation of information into the circulation of information, so called logistics.

The concept of freight forwarding
Freight forwarding is the freight forwarders, the main business is to do the shipping business, is a tripartite logistics, but a part of the logistics.
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First, the freight forwarding is the freight forwarder, not the actual carrier of the shipping company.
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Second, freight forwarding and logistics (third party), freight companies are essentially the same.
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Third, the freight forwarding is different from the ship, the ship on behalf of the shipping company can handle the order, sign, change orders, boxes and other work.
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Fourth, the freight forwarding has a level and two points, a freight forwarding has a US dollar invoice, two have not and must go to the IRS billing.
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5, a freight forwarding can be directly to the shipping company booking, but not necessarily eligible to book, there are many shipping companies only designated a few of the freight forwarding as a booking hat. So it is not a level that is a green channel. Most of the level can only be limited to several shipping companies have the right to book.
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Six, there is the right to order a freight forwarding is not necessarily able to get a good price and service, there are many cases, but instead to book the freight forwarding through his booking that freight forwarding (other level or two) take the price and accommodation The
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Seven, the freight forwarding is very normal, not to say that all the no strength, so do not just listen to which freight forwarding is determined to decisive, of course, is anchored is anchored, understand the owner of the value is that you are not suitable for their own freight forwarding The
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Eight, port (Shanghai, Ningbo) freight forwarding is not necessarily a generation, more than 90% of the port freight forwarding is also no freight forwarding or second generation, so do not think how the port of the goods how the good.
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Nine, the main work of the freight forwarding is booking, customs, transportation and other work, not what can be done.
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10, the declaration is not necessarily the customs broker (company), freight forwarding can also be reported, and some freight forwarding only do things, other things he does not do!
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11, the owner of the booking must be through the freight forwarding to the shipping company booking, the shipping company to pick up your owner's single, and ultimately to do through the freight forwarding.
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12, LCL booking is not set to the shipping company, but by the freight forwarding company set, the shipping companies generally do not accept Pinxiang, so LCL is generally not a shipping company bill of lading.
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13, non-vessel carrier and the nature of a freight forwarding is the same, the former is approved by the Ministry of Communications, which is approved by foreign trade, before the sea can be issued invoices, the latter can only use proxy invoices. The two can open the dollar invoice. But if it can be, then it can only choose one.
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14, no boat and a generation of two brands can have a company at the same time, so often see what the shipping company is a generation and no boat what.
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Fifteen, choose the main freight to see his service, the service is the key, of course, the price of cheap, cheap thing. So the generation Ye Hao, the second generation Ye Hao, no boat Ye Hao, the most important thing is to find suitable for their own taste of the freight forwarding.